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Year of the King: An Actor's Diary

By Antony Sher

Year of the King: An Actor's Diary Film, Art & Culture

Year of the King: An Actor's Diary

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From the moment it was first suggested that I might play Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company, an obsession started to grow — like being in love, there is this other person filling your waking thoughts and some of your dreams. So the book follows events in a year in the life of us two, Richard III and myself, from the first suggestion to the opening night. During that time I perform in three plays at the Barbican theatre, and televise two of them; I return to South Africa, the place of my birth, where a mountain called Lion's Head feeds the obsession; I visit homes for the disabled; I talk to a psychotherapist about psychopaths; Dennis Nilsen is on trial for mass murder; there is food for thought from Ronnie Kray, the Yorkshire Ripper, Adolph Hitler, fighting bulls in Spain and the shark from Jaws; I go for hump fittings; I go to the top film monster-maker where plaster casts are taken of my torso while upstairs a man turns into a werewolf; and then of course there are rehearsals.

Antony Sher's award-winning performance as Richard III has been received ecstatically by critics and audiences alike. Year of the King records the making of this historic theatrical event; with illustrations by the author, it is also the fascinating personal account of an actor's life and the world of the stage.
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Number of Pages:
249
Release Date:
1985-06-17
Publication Date:
1985-06-17
Publisher:
Chatto & Windus
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0701129263
Weight:
490 g
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